Legal Opinion
Thomas Stoutenborough v. National Football League, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 14, 1995No. 94-3664PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Thomas Stoutenborough and Self-Help for Hearing Impaired Persons, an unincorporated association of individuals with hearing impairments, appeal the district court order granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. They argue that the Americans With Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq., and other federal statutes apply to the National Football League’s “blackout rule” and require the defendants to provide some “auxiliary aid or service” to assure that hearing impaired persons have equal…
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